NELA Small Business

As communities evolve, small businesses face tough competition in a changing environment. The majority of businesses along neighborhood corridors are small businesses that help create a sense of place and community identity. To ensure the unique set of commercial activity continues to proper, we recommend additional support services for small NELA businesses, including:

• Developing and adopting a program that encourages

  private and governmental entities to purchase goods and

  services from local NELA businesses;

• Fostering entrepreneurial thinking by supporting and

  expanding entrepreneur-training programs, apprentice

  opportunities and business services;

• Forming a business improvement district (BID) to

  collectively market and brand NELA commercial

  corridors, such as Los Feliz Blvd, Glendale Blvd, San

  Fernando Rd, Fletcher Rd, Cypress Ave and Figueroa S

• Improving outreach efforts of small business assistance

  programs and resources that target NELA small businesses

  that do not have the capacity to seek out such resources.

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